Finding Purple

Beginning in Costa Rica, ending in Pakistan, and crisscrossing the world in between, Ben Grostic takes us along on his sustainable development journey. His real-time stories and reflections, written while working overseas, bring to life uniquely authentic images in difficult parts of the world. He explains the fundamentals of sustainable development through his firsthand experiences, allowing for new understanding of this growing professional field. Throughout, whether he is critiquing the community development activities of a non-profit organization in Pakistan or getting stung by a scorpion in rural Panama, his words are honest, and his joys and frustrations are genuine.